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Property for sale in Central Portugal
Price: Sold
Property Type: Organic farm/Equestrian centre
Nearest Town: Lousã, Vila Nova de Poiares
Location: Marmeleira
House area: House A: 63m2 House B: 250m2 Outbuildings: 300m2
Land: 8.0 ha
Bedrooms: House A: 2 + House B: 3
Rooms: House A: 1 + House B: 9
Services: Water, electricity, fossa, telephone
Description of property:
An extensive organic farm (unregistered) situated in an open pastoral landscape, within easy reach of the towns of Lousã and Vila Nova de Poiares.
The property includes 2 houses and 300m2 of stables, barns and workshops. There is also a covered area for vehicles and farm machinery. At the highest point of the farm is a barn/animal shed of approx. 35m2. The property would be of particular interest to anybody who wants to develop an organic farm or horse-riding centre, utilising the outbuildings as stables.
House A, which is currently used for storage and is in need of restoration, has living accommodation on the 1st storey comprising a living-room with several windows, and 2 bedrooms with wood floors and ceilings. On the ground floor there are several animal stalls and a bread oven.
House B has a stone entranceway with flowerbeds on either side and a vine-covered trellis. This leads to a store-room and a wood store, and an outside kitchen with a wood-burning stove, bread oven, and gas oven. This area has doors to: a spacious kitchen/dining-room with fireplace; a garage; a sewing-room; a wine-cellar; WC; a store-room; and another door to the land. An external stone stairway leads up to the 1st storey.
The 1st storey comprises: a kitchen with a marble sink, water heater and wall cupboards; a bathroom with bath; a living-room with a fireplace with back boiler, with views over the orchard; 3 bedrooms with wood floors and interior wooden shutters; a hallway leading to a door that opens to an external split staircase down to ground level.
There are many fruit trees on the property, including pear, apple, persimmon, peach, hazelnut, plum, cherry and fig, and also vines and olives. There is an extensive irrigation system installed throughout the property.
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